The American Lawyer – Women Litigators Cover

The editorial team at The American Lawyer needed a photographer comfortable with creating a flattering and balanced group shot for the Cover Art of the annual Women Litigator issue. The creative team wanted to be contemporary and clean while remaining respectful to the four powerful litigators. Just a week after hurricane Sandy everybody involved needed to be flexible-but we only had a few hours to get it right before the talent was scheduled to fly out. Photo editor Maggie Soladay deserves more credit than I can express for balancing the schedule of four busy litigators traveling from around the country with the production headache of a flood damaged location.

I shot a range of images that build on similarities between these very strong and independent women with a direct personal connection to each. The mood board was built on soft, open lighting that would compliment each subject and tie the cover art, inside spread and individual portraits together.